diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27d81f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+
+  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+
+  # Maintain dependencies for maven
+  - package-ecosystem: "maven"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53974050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# This workflow will build a package using Maven and then publish it to GitHub packages when a release is created
+# For more information see: https://github.com/actions/setup-java/blob/main/docs/advanced-usage.md#apache-maven-with-a-settings-path
+
+name: Maven Package
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - development    
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up JDK 11
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+      with:
+        java-version: '11'
+        distribution: 'adopt'
+        server-id: github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
+        settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
+
+    - name: Build with Maven
+      run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml
+
+    - name: Publish to GitHub Packages Apache Maven
+      run: mvn deploy -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/settings.xml
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c72d20ba..873e67d8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-			<version>2.8.5</version>
+			<version>2.10.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 	</dependencies>